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Show 320 MR. STANLEY S. FLOWER ON THE [Apr. 3, On April 1st, 1897, I bought from a Siamese at Tahkamen a young monkey apparently of this species : it wTas evidently very young, and was weak and feeble. W e tried feeding it at first with a bit of cotton-wool soaked in tinned milk and water (fresh milk was not to be had), but soon a young Siamese woman offered to suckle it, and she fed it with her own milk till we left Tahkamen on the 5th of April; then we had to feed the monkey on tinned milk and mashed bananas. It throve very well; in a few weeks it could feed itself on a mess of banana, rice, porridge, and milk, and when we had had it about six weeks it took to eating a little grass on the lawn every day. It grew stronger and very active and was very fond of us (though it screamed at strangers and would not be touched by them); it also enjoyed romps with a Siamese kitten, and the two little animals would sleep curled up together- the monkey grasping the kitten's fur in its hands. W h e n playing about and extra pleased this monkey had a comic little habit of jumping in the air vertically and coming down again on all fours. Its senses of sight and hearing were particularly acute, aud it would follow m y wife or myself about the house and compound. Dimensions on April 1st:-Head and body 10 in. (or 254 mm.); tail (with end hair) 13| in. (or 343 mm.). For two months this little animal was as well, happy, and active as could be; then it got a sudden attack of diarrhoea and a bad cold in the head, and, in spite of careful nursing, died on June 4th, 1897. Its dimensions then were :- Head and body 11 in. (or 279 m m . ) ; tail, with end hair 13f in. (or 350 mm.), without end hair 12| in. (or 324 mm.). Colour. (Noted from life on 1.4.97.) Fur bright gold all over, except the long hair on the forehead, which is dark grey, and the hands and feet, which are also dark grey, and the hair on the cheeks and chin, which is white. Skin of face and ears dark brown. Iris dark brown. The skin of the abdomen aud inner side of limbs is white, sparsely covered with golden fur. Colour (of same individual, noted immediately after death, 5.6.97). Hair on forehead, crown, back of head, aud neck black mixed with silvery grey. Lips, chin, long whiskers, aud sides of head (both in front and behind ears) pure silvery white. Body, tail, and limbs golden orange, mixed with silvery and dark grey hairs, especially dark grey on the lumbar region, base of tail, forearm, and lower leg; the hinder portion of the forearm is almost entirely black, as is the hair on the hands and feet, but there are some silver hairs on the fingers, many on the toes, and many golden hairs on the " instep " of the hind feet. Naked skin of face, ears, hands, aud feet entirely black. Iris dark brown. Callosities pale flesh-colour. The hair of the crown does not radiate, but is directed backwards, forming a pointed crest over the occiput. Black supraorbital hairs well-developed, whiskers long, beard short. Distribution. Cochinchina, Siam. In the Siamese Museum there was also a stuffed Lutong I never |
